by John Freund, CM | Jun 30, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sr. Denise LaRock does her own re-enactment on the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and the Angels of the Battlefield. She explains… 150 years ago the Union soldiers encamped on the property of the Daughters of Charity in Emmitsburg,...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 30, 2013 | International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
The story of Lourdes – the person, not the shrine! Continuing the new series illustrating recent examples of systemic change Patricia deNava, past International President of the AIC (Ladies of Charity in USA), writes.. “In order to understand Marillac, it...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 29, 2013 | Systemic change, Vincentian Family
A few months ago Fr. Robert Maloney wrote of Mary’s Meals as an example of systemic change that works. He told the story …”a simple idea that works by providing a daily meal in a place of education, chronically poor children are attracted to the classroom where...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 29, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
According to the local paper “Tourists are flocking en masse to the home of the peace-filled Daughters of Charity property in Emmitsburg, just as the U.S. Army did in 1863.” The story continues… The new Charity Afire museum opened Friday at the...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 29, 2013 | Pope
What Benedict stored, Francis scatters…Some Reflections on the Papal Transition An address by Fr. Thomas Rosica to over 500 Catholic journalists and those working in Catholic Media in Canada and the United States at the Presidential Medallion Awards Luncheon of the...